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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #45 on: August 28, 2011, 10:08:11 am »
Thank the Lord! We only have branches and leaves everywhere! All trees still standing. No loss of power! Basement under control! The pump cycled all night! Rain has finally stopped here! Looks to be 6" total!
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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #46 on: August 28, 2011, 11:33:15 am »
 My dang friends in Florida are ROFL laughing at us Jerseyans for evacuating for what seems like an afternoon thundershower. Wait til they get 1/2 of snow and they shut down the state...
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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #47 on: August 28, 2011, 12:05:21 pm »
They have storm shutters and hurricane construction and we don't.  Yeah...let them get a Nor'Easter/So' Easter in the winter and see how they handle it! 
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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #48 on: August 28, 2011, 12:14:12 pm »
   Everything in Turnersville looks OK. We rescued my mother-in-law from Philly, maybe it wasn't necessary. We don't know if her block loss electric or not.

  In my yard were just a lot of broken branches. All the roof shingles are still in place. I did get some dampness in my basement in two places, which is rare. All in all in could have been so much worse.

  I remember a hurricane when I was about six that had to be the no-name hurricane in 1944. I went out in the storm with my uncle and was swept off my feet; they caught me by my collar just in time.  afraid%

  Hurricane Hazel (1954) at the farm blew part of the barn down and left the cows and the horse standing in open top stalls. It also blew down the chicken coop. We were finding stray chickens in the woods for weeks after that.  34angle
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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #49 on: August 28, 2011, 02:05:43 pm »
All in all I think we are lucky. I saw pictures of other parts of the state. They get it worse then us.
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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #50 on: August 28, 2011, 08:15:53 pm »
Our main street here is still under 5 ft of water,  but we finally got power back a short time ago.  It keeps flickering every now and then, so just hoping it stays on. 
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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #51 on: August 29, 2011, 01:34:06 pm »
All is well here. Power is back on, basement is dry. The creek outback puked all over the place. Some nice maples came down at the creek, more firewood for me.
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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #52 on: August 29, 2011, 02:25:05 pm »
There ya go.. lemonade from lemons!
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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #53 on: August 29, 2011, 02:28:46 pm »
Plus it certainly brought us some beautiful weather  **^bana0
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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #54 on: August 29, 2011, 08:16:48 pm »
When it finally cleared outside, I went out to survey the devistation...

Thank goodness nobody was around when this came down.   $tornad+&










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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #55 on: August 29, 2011, 08:24:48 pm »
Whew... dodged a bullet there! 
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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #56 on: August 29, 2011, 11:05:05 pm »

   Good thing you moved the VWs  #@rofl3 #@rofl3 #@rofl3
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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #57 on: August 30, 2011, 08:27:10 pm »


 Got some pics of my areas, really flooded, home was without electricty / water almost 2 days. Cant post the pics as I'm TN right now on business*.... Will be back at the end of the week, will talk morethen...\


Matt





* Karen wanted me to checkout a bug out here....... whistleegi




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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #58 on: August 30, 2011, 08:58:39 pm »
Two days?  Our power came back on after about 18 hours,  but it even went out again today for a while.   There's a town nearby that is POSSIBLY getting power returned by this coming Saturday, so I feel very fortunate.     Travel is terrible though... detours all over the place. SO traveling are you, Matt?* 


*Wow, I don't ask much of you , do I??  What did you find me? Huh? Huh?  #@rofl3    Remind me to reimburse you for travel expenses..   whistleegi  lol
 
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Re: Hurricane
« Reply #59 on: August 31, 2011, 07:28:34 pm »
 Found a convert bug, will try to take pics tomorrow..... from a quick drive by, flat windshield........looked to be in good shape.. from my car anyway @ 55mph......

Would be a long drive to pick it up... Q3surrender.gif


 Travel expenses are paid in VW parts.....  byeby.,  whistleegi




 
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